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By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News Since most of this week’s political talk has been consumed about the possibility of debates between Governor Kay Ivey and Democratic nominee Walt Maddox, let’s take a closer look at the history of governor’s race debates and how debating or not debating has affected the outcome. Now just to...

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The debate over debates has largely consumed the governor’s race for the past week as Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has aggressively pushed the issue in the press. The back and forth has produced the general election campaign’s first discussion about actual policy: ethics. Maddox unveiled a...

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Tuscaloosa Mayor and Democratic Nominee for governor Walt Maddox on Tuesday sent a formal invitation to Gov. Kay Ivey’s office asking if she would participate in four different debates before the general election in November. Ivey’s campaign responded by saying that Maddox should first declare what...

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News Last week, the Alabama primary runoffs produced clear cut Republican and Democratic nominees who will move on to the general election in November. But, not every race has been settled yet. Runoff elections for two Alabama House of Representatives districts, 38 and 102, are so close that provisional ballots...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – U.S. Rep. Martha Roby won her primary runoff in convincing fashion Tuesday defeating former Congressman Bobby Bright by a 68 to 32 percent margin. Roby will face Democratic nominee Tabitha Isner in the general election. The race garnered significant national attention due to Roby withdrawing her support of Donald Trump before the...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In a close and heated race for Lieutenant Governor, State Rep. Will Ainsworth defeated Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff. Ainsworth won 51.49 percent of the vote to Cavanaugh’s 48.51 percent. The race became especially intense toward the end as both campaigns exchanged accusations and name-calling over...

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – With the heated statewide and congressional races dominating the news coverage, it might be easy to forget that a number of key legislative seats are also up in Tuesday’s primary runoffs. On the Democratic side, one Senate seat and five House seats are headed to runoffs....

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – With the Alabama runoff primary elections just days away, Alabama voters have been inundated with negative attack ads. The race between Twinkle Cavanaugh and Will Ainsworth has seen its fair share of mudslinging and name calling. But, now that it’s getting down to the wire, Alabama...

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala.- The Chancellor of Troy University, Jack Hawkins, officially announced his endorsement of Gerald Dial for the nomination of Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for the GOP on Thursday. Hawkins highlighted Dial’s background as an educator as as an example of what sets him apart as a public...

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Governor Kay Ivey took action Wednesday to to ensure funds from Alabama prison food services shall no longer be considered personal income for sheriffs and will only be used for public purposes. Ivey says she wants the Alabama Legislature to codify this policy into law during...